Feeling like he's hit rock bottom, a despondent young man finds a glimmer of hope when his ex-girlfriend reaches out with a strange request.
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Feeling like he's hit rock bottom, a despondent young man finds a glimmer of hope when his ex-girlfriend reaches out with a strange request.
A strict but loving grandma solves a myriad of issues for the people around her! Doumeki Miki lives in a small rural village surrounded by abundant nature and beautiful scenery. After becoming a widow at an early age, she’s spent many years working as a leader in her village. A beautiful, intelligent woman in her 70s, she’s incredibly spry, with perfect posture.
"Maison Ikkoku" is a live-action TV special premiered on TV Asahi on May 12, 2007. It stars Taiki Nakabayashi as Yusaku and Misaki Ito as Kyoko. A finale was aired on July 26, 2008, under the title "Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen", featuring Akina Minami as Kozue Nanao, and Ikki Sawamura as Shun Mitaka. ~~ Adapted from the manga "Maison Ikkoku" (めぞん一刻) by Takahashi Rumiko (高橋留美子).
As emcees of a fictitious variety programme, Matsuoka Mayu and Ito Sairi interview people with fixations in everyday life to find out what is difficult for others to understand, but makes the person happy.
Mari Hirakura is a 30 year old career woman who designs the packaging for a cosmetics company. She does her best every day but still wonders if she is okay the way she is.
A retired spy seeks a peaceful civilian life, but her past and the locals have other plans.
Masuda Suzu is a researcher at a health food company who has excellent observation skills and loves the 2D world (manga, anime, and video games). She has no interest in real-life romance but somehow becomes attracted to the new resident Katori Shun. With his communication skill and refreshing smile, Katori easily finds a way into people's hearts. However, Suzu does not understand why Katori could not move on after his confession to Itsuka got rejected. Taking the opportunity of living together under one roof, Suzu decided to observe Katori as her newest research subject. What is the real side of Katori that Suzu will witness?
Rei Himenomiya, forced to live alone due to family circumstances, meets the charming Rin Ouji and falls in love. Determined to win her heart, he embarks on a passionate pursuit, but his journey proves more complicated than he anticipated.
Igarashi Raito (Tsuna Keito), a municipal worker for 10 years, has lived a stable life under constant pressure to avoid making mistakes in a society where a misstep could trigger a public backlash. One day, a man claiming to be Raito himself and saying he has come from the future, suddenly appears. The man predicts events in Raito’s future one after another―his dreams, work, friendships, relationships, marriage, and family. Raito’s stable daily life begins to waver under the influence of the man’s bold behavior and different values.
Kumiko Yoshikawa joins the Big Wing company at Tokyo International Airport. It's her first day and she is full of enthusiasm, but that leads her into trouble.
The 30 Sentai Great Encyclopedia is a series of featurettes that aired at the end of each episode (Task) of Boukenger that honors each of its predecessors in the Super Sentai franchise, starting with Task 4. They looked back at each of the 29 previous teams, referencing various items within the older shows, and later on, wearing the costumes and using other props from the series, such as the "civilian" clothing. After covering themselves, they start a new series of segments called the Special Files that cover milestones from the "First Sentai Team" to the "First Sixth Hero" and then the "First Multi Gattai", playing an insert song from the respective series. The show's final segment covered its successor Juken Sentai Gekiranger. The Encyclopedia is not included as part of Boukenger in the DVD release or on streaming.
Miyoko and Yusuke love each other. But Yusuke is told to work in Hokkaido where is far from Tokyo for a year. They cannot meet often. There appear another woman and man in front of each of them. They almost lose confidence to keep their relationship but finally they make sure of their love.
Hinamizawa, a small rural village in Japan, circa 1983. The village is known for its annual Watanagashi Festival, which honors the local deity, Oyashiro-sama. The story follows Maebara Keiichi, a teenage boy who has recently moved to Hinamizawa with his family. He quickly becomes friends with a group of local girls: Ryuuguu Rena, Sonozaki Mion, Houjou Satoko, and Furude Rika. On the surface, Hinamizawa is a peaceful, tight-knit community. However, Keiichi soon discovers that the village harbors dark secrets and a history of mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders that occur each year around the time of the Watanagashi Festival.
Sonichi Ogino awakes in his office covered in blood. His wife is found murdered. Did he kill her?
SEVENTEEN 'Follow' Tour is the fourth world tour by SEVENTEEN. The tour began on July 21, 2023 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea.
A human drama describing the life of a talented lawyer diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, as he comes face to face with himself and his family. A 50-something lawyer, Hidehisa Honjo (Kiichi Nakai), diagnosed with an early-onset Alzheimer-like form of dementia, keeps forgetting the things he must remember while constantly being reminded of the things he longs to forget. What he longs to forget is the fact that his son died in a car accident in the past. The person responsible for his son’s death has never been apprehended. Unable to face the past until now and thinking only about his job while neglecting his new family, as he begins to gradually lose his memory, he takes on his last case and the challenge of uncovering the past during what remains of his life. Losing his memory causes him to break away from the world and his own suffering. As he looks back on his life, which he had come to think of as extremely successful, and tries to repair the relationship with his estranged family, he will discover what’s really important in life.
Finally, the Kanto fighters gathered at their destination, Yamato Gakuin. There, the Kansai fighters who were wearing a strange spirit due to Himiko's curse were waiting. Chouhi, who was in the middle of her training, senses that Ryuubi is in danger and decides to head to Yamato Gakuin. However, the Kanto fighters fall down one after another in front of Himiko, who draws out the power of the magatama. Kan'u and Ryuubi are cornered. At that moment, Chouhi's magatama shines brightly. Chouhi, wake up――!!
PythagoraSwitch is a 15-minute Japanese educational television program by NHK which aired since 2002. It encourages augmenting children's "way of thinking" under the supervision of Masahiko Satō and Masumi Uchino. A five-minute format called PythagoraSwitch Mini is also available. During the beginning, ending, and between each corner, there are Pythagorean Devices. Pythagorean Devices are known in the US as "Rube Goldberg machines", or in Great Britain as "Heath Robinson" contraptions. The main focus of the program is a puppet show, but the subject is mainly advanced by the small corners. World phenomena, principles, characteristics, and the like are introduced in an entertaining way. At the end of each segment "Pitagora Suitchi" is sung as a kind of punchline.
One day, a beautiful woman named Aki dies mysteriously. Sakura appears in front of popular novel writer Mizorogi and introduces herself as Aki’s twin sister. In fact, Mizorogi stole Aki’s novel "Utsubora." Sakura, who has Aki’s original manuscript of "Utsubora," makes some suggestions to Mizorogi.
The original anime's story centers on four train-loving college students who are members of the Tetsudō Ryokō Dōkō-kai ("Tetsuryō" in short, or literally Railway Travel Club). They journey throughout the world where hundreds of Tetsudō Musume work.
Daizaburo Akiba, a music critic, sets up Kiriko, a young hostess, and refines her to become his ideal woman.
The Gaiark Pollution Ministers begin setting up their plan break the dimensional barriers that separate the Braneworlds in order to create their Gaiark haven, setting up the opening sequences for the actual movie. However, while the Go-ongers are trapped in Samurai World, the Ministers attempt to take advantage of the event by subduing Bomper, who battles them personally when they attempt to set a trap for the Go-ongers as they return to their dimension.
A 13-episode series where Maki Yoko plays the lead role in stand alone episodes. She plays a wife, a hostess, a student. Not only does each episode have a different story, but the styles vary widely from comedy to gangster drama.
While preparing for a tea party, Hello Kitty receives a distress signal from Haro. She travels to the Universal Century timeline to help Amuro Ray and the Gundam end the One Year War. Cross-promotion to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gundam and the 45th anniversary of Hello Kitty.
It’s 1681, Oshichi is the daughter of Kihee and Ofusa who own a vegetables store. Unfortunately the store burns down in a fire, while it’s being rebuilt Oshichi is sent to a temple. There she meets and falls deeply in love with Kichisaburo. Together they take care of and teach homeless children. However, after having returned home Oshichi learns that her father has someone else in mind as her future husband.
The story starts with a serial killer, whose victims are lone women and acts are perpetrated in Mizuno Maki's neighborhood (it is suggested that Motoki is this serial killer). Motoki is a police officer with 2 faces: he has an obsession for housewife Maki and is very gentle with her, and on the other side he rapes & tortures one of her friend, Kanda Uno. His ultimate goal seems to make Maki fall in love with him: so he uses her friend Uno to affect her relationship with her husband & he gradually introduces himself into her life. Another person is also obsessed with Maki (she is a sort of public personality as she runs a cooking club with other housewives and appears in magazines), harassing her all the time on the phone, spying on her, etc...: this person is close to her as he knows things from her past (her son drowned in an accident). Motoki also had an ordeal in his past: his mother was killed in a fire, by her lover.
Sugata Kentaro used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has become a "Shinkenshi," a gambler who plays Shogi for money, and boasts his 182 wins in a row. But he is devastated when he is beaten completely by a young woman known as "Ukeshi" who takes any challenges and never loses. As Shogi means everything to him, he decides to train himself harder to become the strongest player. Based on a popular comic, this comedy drama is about a young man's exciting journey to reorganize his life through a series of tough challenges in Shogi guided by a mysterious girl.
An authentic social mystery starring Koizumi Kotaro! A murder case in Chiba. A murder case in Chiba that closely resembles the serial murders of seven years ago. However, the murderer has already committed suicide in prison. Is he falsely accused? Is it a copycat? The detective uncovers the shocking truth.
Two women are bound by their mutual passion for writing. Tono Risa is already a successful writer. Her books are all best sellers and have been made into movies, putting increasing pressure on Risa to keep churning out masterpieces. The professional pressures and her personal responsibilities begin to make Risa feel overwhelmed and dejected. Yuki is a young woman who moves to Tokyo with the dream of becoming a published writer someday. When she is about to give up on that dream, Yuki is offered a job to work as Risa’s assistant by her editor. The two women start off a little stilted but eventually form a friendship and a productive working relationship. As Yuki’s role gradually increases from being an assistant to a ghostwriter for Risa, will Risa feel threatened by Yuki’s ambition?
A group of young adults must take part in a game, a death game, in which they must fight for their lives or die.
Uji and Sabae, both university students, are good friends from the same club.Uji has feelings for Sakurai, who is both popular in their club and Sabae’s best friend, but he hasn’t been able to talk to her much. Uji often seeks Sabae’s advice about his love life, but he frequently gets distracted by her large chest and risqué jokes. This makes him start seeing Sabae as a woman, leading to many moments where they share a good vibe, making his heart race. (Source: Drama-Otaku)
Makoto and Akira are childhood friends often mistaken for a couple due to their looks—Makoto’s feminine appearance and Akira’s boyish charm. While Makoto secretly wants more, Akira seems happy with their friendship. When Makoto joins a group date disguised as a girl, a romantic rival appears, pushing them to face their feelings and question if they can move beyond being just friends.
Horie Mana leads a fulfilling life as a sales clerk at Tomiya Corporation. Mana is interested in her coworker Hashii Tsubasa, but her reserved personality makes her content just by looking at him from afar. One day, Mana's high school classmate, Honda Ai, shares that she saw their other classmate, Takato Hino. Hino was Mana's only close friend and they had lost contact since graduation. Then Mana fatefully runs into Hino and welcomes Hino to her house after learning that she has no place to stay after getting a divorce.
Iwai Kentaro is a 50-something former special prosecutor-turned-lawyer, who was forced to resign after a politician's corruption case results in suicide. One day, Taiga, a popular YouTuber, visits his office. According to this 20-something, someone is out to kill him because of a video he posted recently. And someone just tried to push him off a train platform. In the ensuing investigation to pinpoint the sender of the murder threat, Iwai discovers that Taiga is the son of the very politician over whose case he lost his career…
Prize winning journalist, Michiko Takamine receives an autobiographical manuscript from recent suicide victim Sakiko, the daughter of imprisoned serial killer Fujiko. Before publishing the manuscript, Michiko seeks to interview Fujiko in prison to determine its validity. This story of murder and intrigue goes much deeper then Michiko envisioned and has a unique family twist.
At the mysterious Time Photo Studio, two young men with extraordinary powers—one who can travel back in time, the other who senses a photo’s exact moment—help clients revisit the past. Bound by a rule never to change history, they navigate heartbreak, loss, and regret while granting wishes frozen in time.
They were best friends once. Now they’re roommates, and Ryota can’t stop thinking about what love might look like between them.
Itadaki High Jump is a Japanese variety show featuring Johnny & Associates' 9 membered idol group Hey! Say! JUMP. In the show, the selected members are coming to the certain location without being told what they're going to do beforehand. All members will later watch a VTR of them solving problems in the location.
The show, titled 3-nen Tatsu-gumi: Gokushufu-sensei, will reimagine if Tatsu became a substitute home economics teacher while the main home economics teacher was on maternity leave.
Maya, Mei, and Runa Shijo are detectives who work at the detective office of Tokuko Shijo, their aunt. At the same time, the girls helps with their parents' Chinese restaurant. However, no one knows, they all are descendants of the dragon tribe, and they transform into dragon warriors called Dragonet . Their goal is solving the incident caused by the evil tiger tribe.
Higashiyama Noriyuki stars as a playboy who is not about to be caught, and relative newcomer, Ryo, is the naive young woman who dreams of eventually ensnaring him even if she must sit back and watch him cavort with a string of other women and act like his mother, too.
Shoko's life, marked by delinquency and a harsh upbringing, takes an unexpected turn when Tetsuya's devoted affection and the soulful strains of his "sho"—a traditional Japanese gagaku wind instrument—offer her a melody of hope and a chance for reform.
There are three friends who have been together since high school, but in 2013, one of them died. The two people who are still alive are slowly trying to forget the death of his best friend and live their lives smoothly. However, in 2018 One of the friends receives an email from his best friend who died five years ago and accuses him of having forgotten it. From there, strange events take place in his entourage and to try to end it, he will seek to discover the truth behind the death of his friend with the help of Shiori who was with them in class in high school.
gdgd Fairies is a Japanese CG anime television series created and animated by Sōta Sugahara. The series aired on Tokyo MX between October 12, 2011 and December 28, 2011, and was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. A special episode aired in December 2012, and a second season began airing in January 2013.
A woman living in the night city and a host trying to shake off the dark past. And another man who loves him while rivalry him. While peeping at the backside of the Mizu shoubai (the night entertainment (nightlife) business) draw a human-like pattern of the primary colors that breathe in there.
Three underground idol members cover up a murder and face escalating threats from police, detectives, a suspicious manager, and betrayal by a former member, while their lives unravel amid unresolved serial killings, forcing them to fight for survival and stardom.
"Yukemuri Sniper" ("The Sniper in the Vapor") stars Kenichi Endo as an assassin who has decided to leave the business and try to go straight. Gen figures the best way to escape his violent past is to retire somewhere that is remote and quiet, so he takes a job as a lowly attendant at a mountain hot-springs resort called Tsubaki-ya. He strikes up a friendship with one of his colleagues, a housekeeper named Suzuyo (Shoko Ikezu). One day, Suzuyo's ex-husband, Tagawa (Kohei Mashiba), comes to the inn and roughs her up. Gen learns that Tagawa is a gangster and that he shows up at the inn every so often to take the money that Suzuyo has earned. Gen feels sorry for Suzuyo and calls Tagawa to try and reason with him.
A heartwarming story about a cockroach girl who tries to be liked by humans while dodging the insecticide.
An educational documentary series covering a wide range of topics including social issues, culture, arts, science, and history, and featuring in-depth analysis and interviews.
A talented French chef who lost his sense of taste teams up with a misfit monk to run a food stall at a temple, serving comforting meals to those in need of emotional healing.